lappet

Definition

A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

Etymology

From lap + -et.

Example Sentences

• "Oout of hiz boozom drawn foorth a lappet of his napkin, edged with a blu la[c]e, and marked with a trulooue, a hart & a D, for Damian: for he waz but a bachelar yet."
• "[…] lifting up the Lappet of his Coat, he put me gently into it, and immediately ran along with me to his Master […]"
• "[…] he was presently undrest, all to his shirt, the fore-lappet of which, as he lean’d languishingly on me, he smilingly pointed to me, to observe, as it bellied out, or rose, and fell, according to the unruly starts of the motion behind it:"